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sarah-sawyer
sarah-sawyer
American I am 18 and a college student studying Psychology at UA. I love to write and writing is one of the most important things in my life. One day I aspire to travel the world and just write down as many people's stories as I can.
As the hour drew nearer for me to know I kept having flashes of past deeds Long moments of memories of repressions resurfacing with resolve to extradite any hopeful forgetting on my part. It will be negative, my mind whispers. It always has been... we are on the bed a tangle of limbs exposed to the air never covered raw confusion deep regret a wall of protection holes butchering it filled quick with sarcasm My mind is stuck in mundane tasks Pushing any thoughts of the past into boxes Shut, ridiculed, made insignificant. Days pass, I work my body until it can only think "keep moving" I count. I breathe in. One. Two. Out. One. Two. That's all I can allow I stop among the trees Further then I have ever run before. The first few moments are pure reveal at having pushed myself so far. i am still artificial not all there laughing in awe at the awkwardness the odd situation i don't recognize knowing this is the definition of nothing because i have nothing to give except for a laugh to know part of me is in this he is kissing me, tired of the wait the talk i was enjoying i mask it with "my wants" this bull **** concept that has become a crippling facade it is just a physical dance changing positions like steps we dance the bed i'm cold and i want it over laughing escapes from my lips i say i am still high, i'm not laughing at him but i know it is a lie i am laughing at myself for being such a fool for being this new me a degree lower for being higher The cold temperature of the class hardens my ******* under my shirt. I cross my arms wanting them to be soft again. This unwilling reaction to outside factors angers me. I don't have any control anymore. this is what i have become a spectacle so easily raised wondering why i am a prisoner to these things i want them more then i want me But that's not even true! I crave me, what I could be. There's no use in wanting what I used to be. She's dead, piled under the rocks of years gone by. A mental service for the lost "Dear God..." i plead that name soft whispers in the night trying to hold on to the childlike faith but why is he silent am i no longer worthy of his grace when i breathed the holy vapor did it not the right syllables make "dear god..." That name pushes me to come undone **** God and his crucified son and the contradictory messages sent "from above" Where is he now in this great game of Hide and Seek Where daily a child dies of unspeakable acts A mother is forced to care with no help And I am left drowning in my own blood wondering if I still possess the ability to even give a **** i walk among the trees my secrets falling like an acidic rain eating the soil but i keep the pain a secret always hidden beneath strength, sarcasm, and a smile my mind watching the sunset while my mouth speaks of the coming noon A friend once told me she wished she could be like me Not caring about what I've done But in all honesty I wish I could be like the biblical god A self righteous ******* who hides behind a flawless facade of love.
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 12:39 AM UTC
as the hour drew nearer for me to know
As the hour drew nearer for me to know I kept having flashes of past deeds Long moments of memories of repressions resurfacing with resolve to extradite any hopeful forgetting on my part. It will be negative, my mind whispers. It always has been... we are on the bed a tangle of limbs exposed to the air never covered raw confusion deep regret a wall of protection holes butchering it filled quick with sarcasm My mind is stuck in mundane tasks Pushing any thoughts of the past into boxes Shut, ridiculed, made insignificant. Days pass, I work my body until it can only think "keep moving" I count. I breathe in. One. Two. Out. One. Two. That's all I can allow I stop among the trees Further then I have ever run before. The first few moments are pure reveal at having pushed myself so far. i am still artificial not all there laughing in awe at the awkwardness the odd situation i don't recognize knowing this is the definition of nothing because i have nothing to give except for a laugh to know part of me is in this he is kissing me, tired of the wait the talk i was enjoying i mask it with "my wants" this bull **** concept that has become a crippling facade it is just a physical dance changing positions like steps we dance the bed i'm cold and i want it over laughing escapes from my lips i say i am still high, i'm not laughing at him but i know it is a lie i am laughing at myself for being such a fool for being this new me a degree lower for being higher The cold temperature of the class hardens my ******* under my shirt. I cross my arms wanting them to be soft again. This unwilling reaction to outside factors angers me. I don't have any control anymore. this is what i have become a spectacle so easily raised wondering why i am a prisoner to these things i want them more then i want me But that's not even true! I crave me, what I could be. There's no use in wanting what I used to be. She's dead, piled under the rocks of years gone by. A mental service for the lost "Dear God..." i plead that name soft whispers in the night trying to hold on to the childlike faith but why is he silent am i no longer worthy of his grace when i breathed the holy vapor did it not the right syllables make "dear god..." That name pushes me to come undone **** God and his crucified son and the contradictory messages sent "from above" Where is he now in this great game of Hide and Seek Where daily a child dies of unspeakable acts A mother is forced to care with no help And I am left drowning in my own blood wondering if I still possess the ability to even give a **** i walk among the trees my secrets falling like an acidic rain eating the soil but i keep the pain a secret always hidden beneath strength, sarcasm, and a smile my mind watching the sunset while my mouth speaks of the coming noon A friend once told me she wished she could be like me Not caring about what I've done But in all honesty I wish I could be like the biblical god A self righteous ******* who hides behind a flawless facade of love.
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You look at me, Eyes teary Hands clenched And you say the three Words that I hate hearing Your voice, that I crave, Utters these cursed syllables A snake My name falls like a hiss. Sarah, you say Pause Time Space Fill the void That is the six inches Apart we lay Air rushes Hands find my skin Cool Clammy A smile slides across your face The gust of breath forms the words I love you With that I disengage
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 12:27 AM UTC
You look at me
We only have the neverland food Where our bellies are full as long as we believe But once we lose the faith We are left emaciated And frail No muscle left upon our brittle bones Only the cold truth of what always Laid beneath Now a stark reality Where there used to be our dreams There is only our bellies of thought A deep cavern Restless bats vibrate their throat Echoes off the unknown form Directions. Thoughts. Are cold expanses where no light reach Fires of desire And hope give momentary warmth but the shadows flicker against your eyes giving way to all the hidden questions wants needs these shapes that slither over the cold stone forcing you to look around to think about all that might be surrounding you
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 12:25 AM UTC
we only have the neverland food
They say that they wish they were as D E E P But knowledge is a heavy Burden that I sometimes Wish I did not keep… I dream of peace, of calm Thoughtless thoughts….. Of sweet contradictions That do not hurt me so… A mere contradiction Itself hurts more than Just the weight of The words… It hurts the mind with The blatant lie… It hurts the heart with The hard edges… It hurts the soul with Its nettled truth… Contradictions are Their own truth And the truth hurts Because common truth Is a lie… So am I deep or am i Just floating on The top of A sea Of Lies we claim As truths?
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 12:22 AM UTC
They say I am deep
Maybe I should have seen it The betrayal. There must have been a hint in your smile Or the way you stroked my hair As if you were used to another girl’s Strands between your fingers. And the way your words said you cared Oh so much I think love was the word used. Yet there were so many empty silences. So many aching moments wondering What I had said wrong, If I had hurt your fragile Feelings. Questions fill my mind Are there even feelings there? Behind those glassy teeth, That don’t seem to notice The acid that seeps from them Into my mind Becoming these flower And fields With a sunlight that warms a once cold heart Until you. But the night falls When you are supposed to be there With me. A stench, Decaying body worthy, Begins to fester in my nostrils And I call you Silence. Again Silence. My best friend Boyfriend Must be busy With a ****** father Or a brother who needs distraction Silence. I spray your words That you whispered to me Over the qualms. Like some form of an emotional Febreze. The smell grows though And I am not the only one to smell it. So does she. We slowly pry open the door With nails at first Towards the other Until realization. The corps is exposed Prostrate Eyes gouged out A nose gnawed by your own personal **** The arms are wrapped around the legs In fetal position Protecting itself from what Started the decay in the first place What strikes me the most Is the mouth It is askew Turned in The lips ripped and ****** Teeth sharpened by the Machete tongue. Water fills your inner cave Tears from our collective three All for one rotting piece of flesh. I can’t feel a pulse anymore Not within me Or you. My stomach is churning A cliché that impacts more than just syllables Cold chills fill my body As I see the tears are truly for me. And she. And for a trust that was nonexistent Because it was never mutual. You were never real The three years of bonds being built Was all a dream. With you there is no reality because Within you there is no mass of muscle Pumping the oxygen to your withering brain. There is only your flickering tongue.
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 12:20 AM UTC
Maybe I should have seen it
Maybe I should have seen it The betrayal. There must have been a hint in your smile Or the way you stroked my hair As if you were used to another girl’s Strands between your fingers. And the way your words said you cared Oh so much I think love was the word used. Yet there were so many empty silences. So many aching moments wondering What I had said wrong, If I had hurt your fragile Feelings. Questions fill my mind Are there even feelings there? Behind those glassy teeth, That don’t seem to notice The acid that seeps from them Into my mind Becoming these flower And fields With a sunlight that warms a once cold heart Until you. But the night falls When you are supposed to be there With me. A stench, Decaying body worthy, Begins to fester in my nostrils And I call you Silence. Again Silence. My best friend Boyfriend Must be busy With a ****** father Or a brother who needs distraction Silence. I spray your words That you whispered to me Over the qualms. Like some form of an emotional Febreze. The smell grows though And I am not the only one to smell it. So does she. We slowly pry open the door With nails at first Towards the other Until realization. The corps is exposed Prostrate Eyes gouged out A nose gnawed by your own personal **** The arms are wrapped around the legs In fetal position Protecting itself from what Started the decay in the first place What strikes me the most Is the mouth It is askew Turned in The lips ripped and ****** Teeth sharpened by the Machete tongue. Water fills your inner cave Tears from our collective three All for one rotting piece of flesh. I can’t feel a pulse anymore Not within me Or you. My stomach is churning A cliché that impacts more than just syllables Cold chills fill my body As I see the tears are truly for me. And she. And for a trust that was nonexistent Because it was never mutual. You were never real The three years of bonds being built Was all a dream. With you there is no reality because Within you there is no mass of muscle Pumping the oxygen to your withering brain. There is only your flickering tongue.
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You looked at me With this soft smile, These eyes That seemed to grasp me. And it hurts. I couldn’t see the reflection Or the reality Of what you seem to perceive All I could see was a rerun Of their conceptions of me Of every rough grab at my body Of every cold tongue that slides between my lips Of every *********** That I asked for But felt solely like a violation… I pull this smile across my face and look at you I know you This you Every you And it hurts. I can’t see this girl Or woman You see Who looks so beautiful And is so interesting that You are intoxicated. I can only see the fear. My fear of being touched By someone I care for Only being able to pray it is for real Because betrayal by you would push Too deep Because they have gone Too deep And I can only feel their breath And sloppy kisses And hard genitals Pressed against me Until the meaning is gone All it has become is a warm body part That wants to be in me *** on me Walk out the door and leave me. I look at you And you look at me I speak choked Chuckle covered words And you just smile Why are you smiling… And you kiss my forehead This same forehead That has been pressed against the bed While I am taken from behind Back arched in burden Head down by a hand Whose hand it doesn’t matter They are all the same Just coarse fingertips Fingerprints that I try to wash off in the shower But all I get is another layer of my skin Hoping That maybe I am not bruised underneath But I know I am. Your arm is around me This protecting bar That holds me close To a warm body that doesn’t merely want to **** me. I look at your chest It rises and falls Fabric pulling So real And I place my hand against your chest And I feel your heart And I see your smile And it hurts To feel so safe.
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Nov 29, 2011
Nov 29, 2011 at 11:15 PM UTC
and it hurts
You looked at me With this soft smile, These eyes That seemed to grasp me. And it hurts. I couldn’t see the reflection Or the reality Of what you seem to perceive All I could see was a rerun Of their conceptions of me Of every rough grab at my body Of every cold tongue that slides between my lips Of every *********** That I asked for But felt solely like a violation… I pull this smile across my face and look at you I know you This you Every you And it hurts. I can’t see this girl Or woman You see Who looks so beautiful And is so interesting that You are intoxicated. I can only see the fear. My fear of being touched By someone I care for Only being able to pray it is for real Because betrayal by you would push Too deep Because they have gone Too deep And I can only feel their breath And sloppy kisses And hard genitals Pressed against me Until the meaning is gone All it has become is a warm body part That wants to be in me *** on me Walk out the door and leave me. I look at you And you look at me I speak choked Chuckle covered words And you just smile Why are you smiling… And you kiss my forehead This same forehead That has been pressed against the bed While I am taken from behind Back arched in burden Head down by a hand Whose hand it doesn’t matter They are all the same Just coarse fingertips Fingerprints that I try to wash off in the shower But all I get is another layer of my skin Hoping That maybe I am not bruised underneath But I know I am. Your arm is around me This protecting bar That holds me close To a warm body that doesn’t merely want to **** me. I look at your chest It rises and falls Fabric pulling So real And I place my hand against your chest And I feel your heart And I see your smile And it hurts To feel so safe.
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